No-Meat Balls

• servings: 16 servings
• active time: 5 minutes
• total time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

1 red onion (roughly chopped)

2 large garlic cloves (crushed)

1 400g can green lentils (drained & rinsed)

1 400g can black beans (drained & rinsed)

1 tbsp tamari ((optional))

1 heaped tsp ground coriander

1 heaped tsp paprika

2 tbsp tomato puree

1 cup ground almonds ((roughly 100g))

1 garlic clove (crushed)

1 red onion (finely diced)

200 g plum tomatoes (sliced into quarters)

1 tsp miso paste ((optional))

500 g passata

1/2 juice lemon

handful fresh parsley (chopped)

handful fresh basil (chopped)

2 handfuls spinach

Directions

Firstly add the olive oil, garlic, red onion to cook down for a couple minutes

Then add the black beans, lentils, coriander, paprika, tamari and stir. Cook these together for 5 minutes

Now pour the cooked beans into a food processor along with the tomato puree and ground almonds. Blend until smooth (you may need to scrape down the edges of the food processor a couple times)

Now with your hands shape into balls, you should roughly get 16 or so

Add oil to a pan and fry until turning crispy or place in the oven with a drizzle of olive oil for 20 minutes at 200C

Meanwhile in a separate pan for the sauce add the garlic, onion, tomatoes and cook down until the tomatoes have softened.

Now add the miso paste, passata, lemon juice, parsley, basil and spinach and simmer for 5-10 minutes. Place your pasta on boil whilst the sauce is simmering.

Finally add the balls to the sauce and simple serve on top of your pasta